The Craft Distiller's Guild of BC is calling on the province to make policy changes to support local businesses. The guild says production caps on the industry prevent companies from growing. Richard Zussman has more.
Rural Ireland is bearing the brunt of a deepening crisis in the pub trade, with closures now happening at a rate of one every 2.8 days, according to the Vintners' Federation of Ireland (VFI).
Bourbon fans in Toronto are coming to the realization that their drink of preference is getting increasingly hard to find, months after the Ford government first pulled U.S. alcohol from LCBO shelves in response to tariffs imposed on Canadian goods.
The NSLC's decision to pull American alcohol from its shelves means it has to warehouse almost 600,000 units of booze as part of the province's response to the ongoing trade war with the United States.
The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has created a new brochure designed to highlight the economic importance and complexity of the UK's wine and spirit trade.
The research, commissioned by the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI), highlights a worrying trend for rural communities and small businesses alike.
Vietnam's National Assembly last month approved plans to hike taxes on alcohol from 65% to 90% by 2031, a major step in the government's efforts to curb harmful consumption habits.
For better or worse, America is pretty lax about what you can or can't consume. While countries like the United Kingdom will wring their hands and place taxes on anything that might be slightly unhealthy,
Whisky companies are blaming current excise duties for a fall in investment, though analysts say the sector's troubles extend beyond UK taxes.
What began as a pilot designed by the Scottish Alcohol Industry Partnership a decade ago in North Lanarkshire, "It'll Cost You" is now a nation-wide campaign fronted by Police Scotland.